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Trailing arms, which way??

Started by Evan , Apr 19 2006 09:38 PM

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#1 Evan

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Posted 19 April 2006 - 09:38 PM

me rushing things forgot which way the rear trailing arms go on my Lx
i know the lower ones have the hollow side facing down. but is there a left and right one??
should the cap of the bush be pointing to the edge of the car or towards the middle.

again with the uppers.

thanks guys
feel really dumb posting this lol :(

Evan...

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#2 lakeside

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Posted 19 April 2006 - 10:55 PM

all the bushes face the same way

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Posted 20 April 2006 - 07:04 PM

Arms can be fitted left or right. Apparently, there is a small hole drilled for something on one of the rear arms. If you stuff it up, you could always drill another hole in the other arm.

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Posted 20 April 2006 - 07:06 PM

I think the hole is for the handbrake cable

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Posted 20 April 2006 - 07:33 PM

the holes are for the sway bay

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#6 Evan

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Posted 20 April 2006 - 10:54 PM

i got it done , all good
thaks gus !1

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Posted 21 April 2006 - 07:32 AM

the holes are for the sway bay

Come on RED you should know this.

The right upper arm has a small hole drilled where a self tappered bolt head screw goes in for the little rear brake line, rubber hose to affix.

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Posted 21 April 2006 - 07:37 AM

I meant on the lowers and it's been a while since I was under the car in that area. It's my next project to pull the rear out and give it a scrub up.

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Posted 21 April 2006 - 09:05 AM

I can't say I know of the hole you're talking about.

The bottom ones are easy to tell coz you can see where the sway bar was attached, it's all clean and there are two holes in each.

I'll take your word for it though. Or I could get off my arse and look in the workshop manual but I'm not going to bother.

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Posted 21 April 2006 - 01:01 PM

LS1LX has it spot on - but I suspect that the small hole is punched, so the self tapper can cut more thread. Still didn't stop mine from loosening up every few months.

Apart from that, the upper arms are identical. It would be difficult to drill that hole with the upper arm in position though.

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Posted 21 April 2006 - 06:24 PM

the holes are for the sway bay
Come on RED you should know this.

The right upper arm has a small hole drilled where a self tappered bolt head screw goes in for the little rear brake line, rubber hose to affix.

That's the one I was talking about. How could I have been talking about the sway bar mounts, when I clearly stated that ONE arm had the hole. Unless of course you want to believe the sway bar is only connected to one arm.